Glorious (Gloria Gaynor album)

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Glorious is American singer Gloria Gaynor's fourth studio album.[2] It was released in 1977 on Polydor Records.

The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2016 by Big Break Records.[3]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Why Should I Pay"Gregg Diamond3:38
2."As Time Goes By" / "The Hands of Time" (Medley)Herman Hupfeld / Gregg Diamond5:05
3."Most of All"Gregg Diamond9:15
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."We Can Start All Over Again"Joe Beck, George Flame5:07
5."Sweet Sweet Melody"Joe Beck, George Flame4:52
6."Life Ain't Worth Living"Melvin Seals2:58
7."This Side of the Pain"Gregg Diamond3:15
8."So Much Love"Joe Beck, George Flame4:41
2016 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
9."Most of All" (Single Version)3:26

Personnel

  • Gloria Gaynor – lead vocals
  • Kim Carlson, Jocelyne Shaw, Angela Howell – background vocals
  • Steve Love – rhythm guitar (guitar solo on "Why I Should Pay")
  • James Gregory – bass
  • Allan Schwartzberg – drums
  • Don Grolnick – piano, keyboards, Fender Rhodes, clavinet
  • Jack Waldman – piano, keyboards, orchestration
  • James Maelen – percussion, Latin percussion
  • Joe Beck – guitar solos, orchestration
  • Godfrey Diamond – percussion
  • Gregg Diamond – percussion, piano, orchestration
  • Joe Ferguson – alto saxophone solo on "This Side of the Pain"
  • George Young, Eddie Daniels, George Marge – saxophone
  • Marvin Stamm, Alan Rubin, John Frosk, Peter Ecklund – trumpet
  • Wayne Andre, Alan Rhaph, Barry Rogers – trombone
  • Gene Orloff – concertmaster, strings
  • Brad Baker – orchestration

Production

  • Gregg Diamond, Joe Beck – producers, arrangers
  • Godfrey Diamond – engineer, mixing
  • Woszczyk Wieslaw, Trudy Cali, Lucy Lauri, Tom Duffy, Michael Barbiero, Jonathan Kats – assistant engineers
  • Dominick Romeo, Roy Jones – mastering
  • David Croland – cover
  • Beverly Parker – art direction

References

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. Glorious review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  2. ^ Glorious at AllMusic
  3. ^ BBR Records - CD re-issue of Glorius from 2016

External links

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